Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Sardar Harbans Singh passed away peacefully in a wicker rocking-chair in a Srinigar garden of spring flowers and honeybees with his favourite… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Steve's laugh was brittle. “Sarah, we all have our own wounds. We’re all broken in our own way. Mine might look different… — Talena Winters Copy Share Image
“When friends asked how he was coping with his spectacular loss, he would say, ‘I sleep like a baby – I wake… — Siobhan Creaton Copy Share Image
“By carefully scrutinizing and explaining away their losses, while accepting their successes at face value, gamblers do indeed rewrite their personal histories… — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I grew up in a number of homes and I grew up without a lot of structure. I understand now that damage… — Aaron Pedersen Copy Share Image
Don't focus on the wins and losses... focus your efforts on performing to your full potential. — Michael Chandler Copy Share Image
It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“Loss aversion refers to the relative strength of two motives: we are driven more strongly to avoid losses than to achieve gains.… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
What is first seen as a loss is now seen as a gain. For he finds solitude, not in far off, quite… — Janwillem van de Wetering Copy Share Image
I've worked in the Inuit hamlets of the west coast of Hudson Bay since 1994. Over that time I've been very moved… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out,… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
“Here the whole world (stars, water, air, And field, and forest, as they were Reflected in a single mind) Like cast off… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“And right now he was feeling the weight of all those losses, and the weight of the years that were behind him,… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
The risk of an investment is described by both the probability and the potential amount of loss. The risk of an investment-the… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Once in a rare while, you get to read a story of such breathtaking beauty and intelligence that you remember why you… — Robin Oliveira Copy Share Image
“Loss. Thats what it was, a hole I could never fill. It would be bottomless.” — Judy Blundell Copy Share Image
I knew that somewhere God was laughing. He had taken the other half of my heart, the one person who knew me… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Grief,she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“During the first day of the loss of Lahaina town, the government was saying only six people had died. As the day… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Sacrifice by its strictest definition takes something precious in exchange for the appeasement of a higher power. And abiding devotion to a… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
Only the mediocre are always at their best. If your standards are low, it is easy to meet those standards every single… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
